The flag of the National City Bank of Now York flying at the mast of the Tocal_ofice in honour of Col. E. A.
Deeds. who Se a director of the bank and arrived in the Empress of Britain. Ho was accompanied by hrs. Deeds, capitalist. fea at one time. He is a prominent
Meanwhile, Sir John Courtis, s.r. fan eminent stock-broker, and_ form: erly Lord Mayor of Cardiff and High Sheriff of the county, was solving the mysteries of local cur-
"Yes, sir, sixty cents is about shilling," observed the clerk.
"And this small money, six pieces of that to the dollar," pandorea Sir John, turing to answer a question at his elbow. "Well, you have caught me at thai! News of home? England? I have been two months away from home, and there has been ttle English news to reach us. 4 can not discuss the political ques-ion either, until I get to a place where more English news is available," he added.
The Only Sound Business "It is a bit hard to manage an interview in this Jam," observed quiet voice close by, which, Proved belonged to a tal, bearded gentleman, Mr Lo M. Taylor, a retired insurance expert irom Bast-bourne. Dr. Taylor was genial, and wre ideas were tothe point,' "Insurance is the only business that is sound to-day," he replied in response to a question on business generally. "It is doing well everywhere, simply because people cin do with High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1933. Although this is his first visit the usual traveller's interest Hongkong, and during his shor, stay there he ' verited a report that Bowden Street once was one of his father's properties. His father, said, came to Hongkong 50 years ago at the age of 23, and there made a fortune in real estate. Keen on sports, the visitor recalled his previous visit to Los Angeles when he took the British Olympic teams out to compete there, and became acquainted with numerous motion picture celebrities, as well as spending a week-end at San Simeon, Cal. where he was the guest of Mr. William Randolph Hearst, Tt was a glimpse of his well-fled sketchbook that discovered Mr.
William S. Horton, an American artist, who is touring the world to complete his collection of pastels for exhibit in the Durand-Mel Galleries in New York on December 2. He readily discussed the varying aspects of Chinese and Japanese art, and described his own understanding the mediums he uses, illustrating his Ideas with the sketch-book.
The huge white flag of the National City Bank of New York, with the emblem of the bonk in the centre, was flown at the mast of the
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